New York City, New York (U.S.) This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website New York City, New York (U.S.) Courtesy of Joe McMillan, 4 June 2000 See also: History of New York City subdivisions by Harry Macy, Jr. Boroughs/Counties of New York City Boroughs and counties refer to the same geographical entities. New York (City) contains five subdivisions, called boroughs. The boroughs are also counties, making New York (City) one of the only (perhaps *the* only) cities in the U.S. which has counties contained *within*. As counties, they are entitled to have county governments, including sheriffs, etc. The borough of Brooklyn, where I grew up, was an independent city till the end of the 19th century. In fact, Brooklyn had been itself originally composed of villages. One of them, Flatbush, had its own Town Hall. Lewis A.

Nowitz, 1 July 2000 The Official City Flag From Official Directory of New York City - Description: A flag combining the colors orange, white and blue arranged in perpendicular bars of equal dimensions (the blue being nearest to the flagstaff) with the standard design of the seal of the city in blue upon the middle, or white bar, bearing the number 1625, which colors shall be the same as those of the flag of the United Netherlands in use in the year sixteen hundred twenty-five. Kurt Stutt, 1 July 1996 On December 30, 1977, the seal and flag were changed in two ways. First, the date appearing on the 1915 seal was changed from 1664, when the English captured the city, to 1625, the date of the original founding of the city by the Dutch. Secondly the clause in the ordinance regarding the inscription on the seal on the flag was changed from "shall" to "may", thereby creating two official variants of the flag, one with the inscription and one without.

Unofficially, the seal in both forms is a bit elongated into a slight oval while the official seal is a circle. Both flags can be found in use. Dave Martucci, 24 November 2002 From the on-line city administrative code City Flag: § 2-103 Official city flag. a. The following design is hereby adopted as the design of the official flag of the city: 1. A flag combining the colors orange, white and blue arranged in perpendicular bars of equal dimensions (the blue being nearest to the flagstaff) with the standard design of the seal of the city in blue upon the middle, or white bar, omitting the legend "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci," which colors shall be the same as those of the flag of the United Netherlands in use in the year sixteen hundred twenty-five.

Joe McMillan, 15 August 2003 Unofficial Flag Used Until 1915 image by Mark Sensen, 21 July 2001 (before 1915 an unofficial flag was in use: a white field with the seal of that time) In September 1609 Henry Hudson, commander of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Halve Maen (Half Moon) discovered Manhattan. The VOC however was not interested, although in the next years still some voyages were made by Dutch skippers. In 1614 exclusive privileges were given to the United New Netherland Company. In 1915 Fort Nassau was build near modern Albany, but the company was dissolved in 1618. In 1621 the newly-organized Dutch West India Company (GWC) was given an octroi by the Dutch Estates General for the monopoly of America and the west coast of Africa. Most attractive was the trade in beaver skins, and a beaver was the main feature on the New Netherland provincial seal.

In 1625 Director-General Pieter Minuit bought the island of Manhattan from the Indians and built there Fort Amsterdam and laid the foundations of New Amsterdam which became the capital of New Netherland and the other Dutch Colonies in the Americas. King Charles II of Great Britain disregarded the rights of the Dutch over New Netherland and granted it in 1664 to his brother James, Duke of York and Albany. The latter as Lord High Admiral of England set up an expedition. Because the defense of the colony was very weak, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant had to surrender on 29 August/8 September **. The very same day both the province and the city were renamed New York in honor of their new ruler. However Dutch form of government by Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens was continued, until English style mayor and aldermen were installed on 14/24 June ** 1665. With the Peace of Breda in 1667 the Dutch recognized their lost definitive, but in return got Suriname. ** the Julian calendar used by the English was 10 days behind on the (modern) Georgian calendar already used by the Dutch.

Mark Sensen, 17 July 2001 The New York City Flag from c.1825 to 1915 is unofficially described as being the New York City Seal in blue on white. However there is an American habit to be less than accurate when describing such things. In this case when they say "Seal" they really mean the Coat of Arms. The proof of this is in three places. In an 1825 print of the opening of the Erie Canal, the flag is shown on a ship in a wood cut illustration as being the arms on a plain field. In a lithograph regarding Abraham Lincoln's death in 1865, the flag is shown as white with the arms in the center and a black mourning border. The best proof is the Annin & Co. Catalog (I have seen several from 1905 to 1912) which shows the arms (as illustrated here) on white and states the flag can have the "seal" in blue or in its proper colors. NAVA published this information in American City Flags .

Dave Martucci, 4 July 2010 Official Flag 1915-1975 image by Mark Sensen, 21 July 2001 On 24 June 1915 (exactly 250 years after transition from Dutch to English government) a new standard design of the city seal (first adopted in 1686) was adopted, described as follows: Arms: Upon a shield, saltire-wise, the sails of a windmill. Between the sails, in chief a beaver, in base a beaver, and on each flank a flour barrel; Supporters: Dexter, a sailor, his right arm bent, and holding in his right hand a plummet; his left arm bent, his left hand resting on the top of the shield; above his right shoulder a cross-staff. Sinister, an Indian of Manhattan, his right arm bent, his right hand resting on the top of the shield, his left hand holding the upper end of a bow, the lower end rests on the ground.

Shield and supporters resting upon a horizontal laurel branch; Date: Beneath the horizontal laurel branch the date 1664, being the year of the capture of New Amsterdam by the English and the first use of the name of the City of New York; Crest: Upon a hemisphere, an American eagle with wings displayed; Legend: Upon a ribbon encircling the lower half of the design the words "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci" The whole encircled by a laurel wreath. The windmill and flour barrels stand for early industry; the beaver was taken from the seal of New Netherland; the sailor represent the first European settlers; the Indian the original people; the eagle is taken from the state arms.

The same day a city flag and mayor 's were adopted, described as follows: A flag combining the colors orange, white and blue, arranged in perpendicular bars of equal dimensions (the blue being nearest to the staff) with the standard design of the seal of the city in blue upon the middle, or white bar, omitting the legend "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci," which said colors shall be the same as those of the flag of the United Netherlands in use in the year 1626. The official flag of the mayor shall be the same in design as the official flag of the city, except that upon the middle or white bar there shall be above the design of the seal in a semi-circle, five blue five-pointed stars; the dimensions of such flag shall be thirty-three inches by forty-four inches. The colors are chosen to commemorate the Dutch who brought the love of civil liberty and the ideals of democratic government with them. The shade of blue back than was indigo blue. The stripes are not arranged horizontal but vertical to not make it an imitation of the early Dutch flags but a new flag, and for better displaying the seal.

The flag follows the practice that the darkest bar is placed next to the staff, like the French and Belgian. The legend of the seal is omitted because it is superfluous in the flag. Mark Sensen, 17 July 2001 Sources: [1] John B. Pine, L.H.D., "Seal and Flag of the City of New York", New York/London, 1915. [2] Copy of the council resolution no. 284, 20 June 1974. [3] "Nijhoffs Geschiedenis-lexicon Nederland en Belgi�", 's-Gravenhage/Antwerpen, 1981. The first official flag was adopted with the blue-white-orange tricolor and the year 1664 written on it. The 250th anniversary is clearly not a coincidence, I would say that the anniversary probably prompted the flag and seal redesign.

The 1664/65 discrepancy is not terribly important, both mark the events of the transition from Dutch to English rule: on September 24, 1664 Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam and on June 12, 1665 England installed the municipal government of New York City. Which is only preface to the Great New York City Mystery of 1975. This is only a mystery to me because I was not quite alive at that time. But note the following: in 1975, NYC changed the date on its seal from 1664 to the year 1625, marking the founding of New Amsterdam. That same year, Richmond Borough changed its name to Staten Island Borough, moving from an English to a Dutch name, and incidentally acquired a new flag (more on this below). I believe all of this must have been in commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the Dutch settlement in 1975, prompting the new seal and flag of NYC, as well as the new name and (indirectly) flag of Richmond/Staten Island Borough.

Richard Knipel, 2 August 2004 City Seal image by Mark Sensen, 18 July 2001 Interpretation of the Symbols of the City Seal: Eagle - - Symbol of New York State Indian - - Represents Native Americans that were already here Sailor with navigational tools - - Represents settlement Beaver - - Symbol of the Dutch East India Company (This was the first company to come to New York City) Windmill, Barrel and Flower - - Represents early industry Dov Gutterman, 15 April 1999 The Mayor's Flag image by Mark Sensen, 21 July 2001 From Official Directory of New York City - Description: The same in design as the official flag of the city, except that upon the middle or white bar, and above the design of the seal in a semicircle, there shall be five blue five-pointed stars, typifying the five boroughs of the city. The dimensions of such flag are 33 inches by 44 inches. Kurt Stutt, 1 July 1996 From the on-line city administrative code City Flag: § 3-101 Flag of the mayor.

The official flag of the mayor shall be the same in design as the official flag of the city. Upon the middle or white bar, however, and above the design of the seal in a semi-circle, there shall be five blue five-pointed stars, typifying the five boroughs of the city. The dimensions of such flag shall be thirty-three inches by forty-four inches. Joe McMillan, 15 August 2003 The Councilman Flag image by Mark Sensen, 21 July 2001 image by Dave Martucci, 30 November 2002 From Official Directory of New York City - Description: The same in design as the official flag of the city, except that upon the middle or white bar there shall be below the design of the seal, in a straight line, the word "Council"; the dimensions of such flag is the same as the standard size of flags used for state and parade occasions.

Kurt Stutt, 1 July 1996 It was pointed out to me that maybe the Council Members flag image I sent is wrong so I went to the ordinance creating it and read that the word "COUNCIL" is to be located "above the seal below the crest" which is crazy language. So I looked up the Mayoral flag language and, sure enough, it reads the same. I'm guessing the Council flag is like the Mayoral flag with the word above the seal (and the crest). Dave Martucci, 1 December 2002 From the on-line city administrative code City Flag: § 3-201 Councilmanic flag. The official flag of the council shall be the same in design as the official flag of the city, except that upon the middle or white bar there shall be below (sic) the design of the seal, in a straight line, the word "Council"; the dimensions of such flag shall be the same as the standard size of flags used for state and parade occasions.

Joe McMillan, 15 August 2003 Department of Parks image by Eugene Ipavec, 16 August 2007 Recalling my train ride to Montreal, I saw an unusual "maple leaf" flag -- made doubly unusual by the fact that I saw it well before I'd reached Quebec. In fact, it was in New York City, as the train passed a sports stadium of some kind -- it looked like it may have been laid out for football or soccer. Flying next to the U.S. flag above the scoreboard was a white flag with a green "maple leaf" inside a green circle in the center. Steve Kramer, 9 May 1998 This is the Department of Parks, flown at any of its installations. Will Linden, 10 May 1998 The City of New York Parks Department flag displays the leaf of a London Plane Tree, Platanus x acerifolia, one of the most commonly-planted trees in the city. E.

Robbins, 24 March 2003 image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 September 2012 In a TV news story I saw showed Mayor Bloomberg walking through the corridors of an unidentified municipal building. Hanging on the wall in the background, a negative version of this flag (white logo on green) could be seen. Eugene Ipavec, 17 September 2012 Department of Corrections rare c. 1915-20 cast bronze seal of new york city antique emblematic doorknob rare c. 1915-20 cast bronze seal of new york city antique emblematic doorknob rare c. 1915-20 cast bronze seal of new york city antique emblematic doorknob Sold UR #:: UR-3787-09 Please Note: We do not appraise, nor do we disclose the prices of items sold. Questions? Click here or call our store at 312.492.6254. Please make sure to reference the UR# when submitting an email. Note: Shipping is not included. If required please contact an Urban Remains sales associate.

Product Description very hard to find early 20th century cast bronze emblematic antique doorknob depicting the official seal of the city of new york. this particular doorknob would have been found in government buildings such as the manhattan municipal building. the seal of the city of new york, adopted in an earlier form in 1686, bears the legend sigillum civitatis novi eboraci which means simply "the seal of the city of new york": eboracum was the roman name for york, the titular seat of james ii as duke of york.the two supporters represent the unity between native americans and colonists. dexter, a sailor colonist holds a plummet in his right hand; over his right shoulder is a cross-staff. sinister, a lenape native to manhattan rests his left hand upon a bow.upon the arms / shield, the four windmill sails recall the city's dutch history as new amsterdam and the beavers and flour barrels signify the city's earliest trade goods the flour barrels and windmills represent the tremendous wealth generated by new york city from the bolting act of 1674.

the shield and supporters rest upon a horizontal laurel branch.the crest over the seal is the bald eagle, added in 1784, after the american revolution. the date of 1664 appeared on new york city's corporate seal until 1975, when the date was changed to 1625 to reflect the year of dutch incorporation as a city, and to incidentally allow new york to celebrate its 350th anniversary just 11 years after its 300th. the manhattan municipal building is a 40-story building built to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of the five boroughs. construction began in 1909 and ended in 1915, marking the end of the city beautiful movement in new york. standing 580 fee tall, its highest point is the second largest statue in manhattan. the architectural firm mckim, mead and white designed it to be the first building to incorporate a new york city subway station into its base.

enormously influential in the civic construction of other american cities, its application of beaux-arts architecture served as the prototype for the terminal tower in cleveland, the fisher building in detroit, and the wrigley building in chicago. the municipal building is one of the largest governmental buildings in the world; it houses thirteen municipal agencies of new york city, there are 25 floors of work space (served by 33 elevators), with an additional 15 stories in the tower. With our main facility and building artifact museum and gallery located just west of downtown Chicago, Urban Remains has been dealing exclusively in the reclamation and recycling of American antique architectural artifacts and other oddities found among commercial and industrial buildings or residential structures for over the past 10 years. Our vast online collection contains over 28,000 meticulously documented and photographed salvaged artifacts found throughout the United States. New acquisitions are added daily to their respective categories found on the homepage. Urban Remains does not deal in new or reproduction building artifacts.

File:Seal of New York City.svg - Wikimedia Commons File:Seal of New York City.svg From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Original file ‎(SVG file, nominally 419 × 450 pixels, file size: 801 KB) DescriptionSeal of New York City.svg Deutsch: Siegel der Stadt New York English: Seal of New York City, as portrayed by Paul Manship’s standardized version. The seal’s 1.1:1 height-to-width ratio is intentional and representative Manship’s original model . The one departure in this rendering from the original is the use of beavers based on the 1623 seal of the Province of New Netherland in order to portray them in greater detail. Since Manship’s original was a sculpture rather than a print, there are no official standards for the seal colors. The version shown here represents the contributor's attempt to use as many historically accurate hues as possible. Including accounts of traditional Lenape dress, and 15th/16th century Dutch uniforms. The red, white, and blue of the wreath are taken from the battle flag of the Fifth New York Regiment of the Civil War, which depicts the arms of the City.

Español: Sello de la Ciudad de Nueva York Euskara: New York Hiriko Armadria Français : Sceau de New York Latina: Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci Русский: Печать города Нью-Йорк Original version created in: 19/03/2005 Converted to SVG in: 06/08/2008 Source Current version: Own work based upon– ( Reusing this file ) Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This media file is in the public domain in the United States . This applies to U.S. works where the copyright has expired, often because its first publication occurred prior to January 1, 1923. See this page for further explanation. This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.

This image shows a flag , a coat of arms , a seal or some other official insignia . The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status. Other versions New York City, New York (U.S.) This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website New York City, New York (U.S.) Courtesy of Joe McMillan, 4 June 2000 See also: Boroughs/Counties of New York City Boroughs and counties refer to the same geographical entities. New York (City) contains five subdivisions, called boroughs. The boroughs are also counties, making New York (City) one of the only (perhaps *the* only) cities in the U.S. which has counties contained *within*. As counties, they are entitled to have county governments, including sheriffs, etc. The borough of Brooklyn, where I grew up, was an independent city till the end of the 19th century. In fact, Brooklyn had been itself originally composed of villages. One of them, Flatbush, had its own Town Hall. Lewis A.

Nowitz, 1 July 2000 The Official City Flag From Official Directory of New York City - Description: A flag combining the colors orange, white and blue arranged in perpendicular bars of equal dimensions (the blue being nearest to the flagstaff) with the standard design of the seal of the city in blue upon the middle, or white bar, bearing the number 1625, which colors shall be the same as those of the flag of the United Netherlands in use in the year sixteen hundred twenty-five. Kurt Stutt, 1 July 1996 On December 30, 1977, the seal and flag were changed in two ways. First, the date appearing on the 1915 seal was changed from 1664, when the English captured the city, to 1625, the date of the original founding of the city by the Dutch. Secondly the clause in the ordinance regarding the inscription on the seal on the flag was changed from "shall" to "may", thereby creating two official variants of the flag, one with the inscription and one without.

Unofficially, the seal in both forms is a bit elongated into a slight oval while the official seal is a circle. Both flags can be found in use. Dave Martucci, 24 November 2002 From the on-line city administrative code City Flag: � 2-103 Official city flag. a. The following design is hereby adopted as the design of the official flag of the city: 1. A flag combining the colors orange, white and blue arranged in perpendicular bars of equal dimensions (the blue being nearest to the flagstaff) with the standard design of the seal of the city in blue upon the middle, or white bar, omitting the legend "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci," which colors shall be the same as those of the flag of the United Netherlands in use in the year sixteen hundred twenty-five.

Joe McMillan, 15 August 2003 by Mark Sensen, 21 July 2001 (before 1915 an unofficial flag was in use: a white field with the seal of that time) In September 1609 Henry Hudson, commander of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) ship Halve Maen (Half Moon) discovered Manhattan. The VOC however was not interested, although in the next years still some voyages were made by Dutch skippers. In 1614 exclusive privileges were given to the United New Netherland Company. In 1915 Fort Nassau was build near modern Albany, but the company was dissolved in 1618. In 1621 the newly-organized Dutch West India Company (GWC) was given an octroi by the Dutch Estates General for the monopoly of America and the west coast of Africa. Most attractive was the trade in beaver skins, and a beaver was the main feature on the New Netherland provincial seal.

In 1625 Director-General Pieter Minuit bought the island of Manhattan from the Indians and built there Fort Amsterdam and laid the foundations of New Amsterdam which became the capital of New Netherland and the other Dutch Colonies in the Americas. King Charles II of Great Britain disregarded the rights of the Dutch over New Netherland and granted it in 1664 to his brother James, Duke of York and Albany. The latter as Lord High Admiral of England set up an expedition. Because the defense of the colony was very weak, Director-General Peter Stuyvesant had to surrender on 29 August/8 September **. The very same day both the province and the city were renamed New York in honor of their new ruler. However Dutch form of government by Schout, Burgomasters and Schepens was continued, until English style mayor and aldermen were installed on 14/24 June ** 1665. With the Peace of Breda in 1667 the Dutch recognized their lost definitive, but in return got Suriname. ** the Julian calendar used by the English was 10 days behind on the (modern) Georgian calendar already used by the Dutch.

Mark Sensen, 17 July 2001 Official Flag 1915-1975 by Mark Sensen, 21 July 2001 On 24 June 1915 (exactly 250 years after transition from Dutch to English government) a new standard design of the city seal (first adopted in 1686) was adopted, described as follows: Arms: Upon a shield, saltire-wise, the sails of a windmill. Between the sails, in chief a beaver, in base a beaver, and on each flank a flour barrel; Supporters: Dexter, a sailor, his right arm bent, and holding in his right hand a plummet; his left arm bent, his left hand resting on the top of the shield; above his right shoulder a cross-staff. Sinister, an Indian of Manhattan, his right arm bent, his right hand resting on the top of the shield, his left hand holding the upper end of a bow, the lower end rests on the ground.

Shield and supporters resting upon a horizontal laurel branch; Date: Beneath the horizontal laurel branch the date 1664, being the year of the capture of New Amsterdam by the English and the first use of the name of the City of New York; Crest: Upon a hemisphere, an American eagle with wings displayed; Legend: Upon a ribbon encircling the lower half of the design the words "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci" The whole encircled by a laurel wreath. The windmill and flour barrels stand for early industry; the beaver was taken from the seal of New Netherland; the sailor represent the first European settlers; the Indian the original people; the eagle is taken from the state arms.

The same day a city flag and mayor 's were adopted, described as follows: A flag combining the colors orange, white and blue, arranged in perpendicular bars of equal dimensions (the blue being nearest to the staff) with the standard design of the seal of the city in blue upon the middle, or white bar, omitting the legend "Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci," which said colors shall be the same as those of the flag of the United Netherlands in use in the year 1626. The official flag of the mayor shall be the same in design as the official flag of the city, except that upon the middle or white bar there shall be above the design of the seal in a semi-circle, five blue five-pointed stars; the dimensions of such flag shall be thirty-three inches by forty-four inches. The colors are chosen to commemorate the Dutch who brought the love of civil liberty and the ideals of democratic government with them. The shade of blue back than was indigo blue. The stripes are not arranged horizontal but vertical to not make it an imitation of the early Dutch flags but a new flag, and for better displaying the seal.

The flag follows the practice that the darkest bar is placed next to the staff, like the French and Belgian. The legend of the seal is omitted because it is superfluous in the flag. Mark Sensen, 17 July 2001 Sources: [1] John B. Pine, L.H.D., "Seal and Flag of the City of New York", New York/London, 1915. [2] Copy of the council resolution no. 284, 20 June 1974. [3] "Nijhoffs Geschiedenis-lexicon Nederland en Belgi�", 's-Gravenhage/Antwerpen, 1981. The first official flag was adopted with the blue-white-orange tricolor and the year 1664 written on it. The 250th anniversary is clearly not a coincidence, I would say that the anniversary probably prompted the flag and seal redesign.

The 1664/65 discrepancy is not terribly important, both mark the events of the transition from Dutch to English rule: on September 24, 1664 Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered New Amsterdam and on June 12, 1665 England installed the municipal government of New York City. Which is only preface to the Great New York City Mystery of 1975. This is only a mystery to me because I was not quite alive at that time. But note the following: in 1975, NYC changed the date on its seal from 1664 to the year 1625, marking the founding of New Amsterdam. That same year, Richmond Borough changed its name to Staten Island Borough, moving from an English to a Dutch name, and incidentally acquired a new flag (more on this below). I believe all of this must have been in commemoration of the 350th anniversary of the Dutch settlement in 1975, prompting the new seal and flag of NYC, as well as the new name and (indirectly) flag of Richmond/Staten Island Borough.

Richard Knipel, 2 August 2004 by Mark Sensen, 18 July 2001 Interpretation of the Symbols of the City Seal: Eagle - - Symbol of New York State Indian - - Represents Native Americans that were already here Sailor with navigational tools - - Represents settlement Beaver - - Symbol of the Dutch East India Company (This was the first company to come to New York City) Windmill, Barrel and Flower - - Represents early industry Dov Gutterman, 15 April 1999 Department of Parks by Joe McMillan, 5 June 2000 Recalling my train ride to Montreal, I saw an unusual "maple leaf" flag -- made doubly unusual by the fact that I saw it well before I'd reached Quebec. In fact, it was in New York City, as the train passed a sports stadium of some kind -- it looked like it may have been laid out for football or soccer. Flying next to the U.S. flag above the scoreboard was a white flag with a green "maple leaf" inside a green circle in the center. Steve Kramer, 9 May 1998 This is the Department of Parks, flown at any of its installations.

Will Linden, 10 May 1998 The City of New York Parks Department flag displays the leaf of a London Plane Tree, Platanus x acerifolia, one of the most commonly-planted trees in the city. E. Robbins, 24 March 2003 by Ant�nio Martins, 3 December 2001 This flag was used during the Fair held in New York in 1939. Dave Martucci, 9 December 1999 The buildings are the trylon (a pyramid, the "triangle") and the perisphere (a sphere, the "disc"), the two buildings, no longer standing, that served as the "trademark" to the fair. There were probably exhibits inside, and probably symbolism to their shape. I have no idea what the three lines are (maybe a design element linking the two).

Next time I'm at the Queens Museum of Art, located at the site of the fairs (in the New York City pavilion from 1964, the original home of the United Nations), which has a large exhibit on the two fairs (1964 too) (along with an amazing scale model of New York City, containing every building), I'll check it out. Nathan G. Lamm, 3 December 2001 From the novel "1939: The Lost World of the Fair" [Gelernter, David Hillel; New York; The Free Press; 1995; 418 pp.]: On p. 148- "Five thousand different flags and banners are said to be up and flying at the fair, including flags of the exhibitor nations and their colonial possessions, of exhibitor states and private companies, and specially designed theme banners marking out zones, courts and exhibits." On p. 182- "Once more there are fountains in play, right in front of the Marine Transportation Building & a huge colorful flag- an orange boat with white sails against a blue background.

(The flag was designed by twenty-five-year-old Emrich Nicholson...He'd graduated from Yale with a B.A. in Fine Arts and worked as a textile and interior designer. In June of '38 he'd applied for a job at the fair's Board of Design; the board just happened to be looking for a flag designer. Nicholson also designed flags for the Aviation Building, the Court of Communication, the Public Health building, one of the Food buildings and the Amusement Area.)" Ned Smith, 28 May 2002 images by Eugene Ipavec, 16 February 2005 These are the flags of the New York 2012 Olympics bid. I saw examples of the second one in photos of the announcement ceremony; the first one appeared on images on the official bid website: (site no longer available). Thy called it a logo, but it appeared in flag form on the main page.

[Flags made with minimal modification of graphics taken from the official site] Eugene Ipavec, 16 February 2005 New York Flag New York Flag View Larger For outdoor (or indoor) display, this flag is made from 100% heavyweight nylon fabric specially treated to minimize sun and chemical deterioration. This single reverse flag is dyed and finished with strong canvas headings and brass grommets. The flag of New York State boldly displays its State Seal. The shield depicts a sloop and sailboats on the Hudson River; The crest is an eagle perched on part of the terrestrial globe showing the North Atlantic; the on either side of the shield are female figures representing Liberty and Justice. The design of the civic flag of the city of New York- originally called the "New Amsterdam"- commemorates the city's early history as a Dutch colony. A vertical tricolor, it bears in reverse the historic colors of the Netherlands, orange, white and blue. On the central stripe appears the city's seal. A saltire formed by the arms of windmill quarters two beavers with two flour barrels, symbolizing New Amsterdam's chief articles of merchandise, fur and food.

The crest resembles that of New York State, the supporters are, a seaman holding navigational instruments and a Red Indian holding a bow. The motto is Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci ("The seal of the City of New York"). Options FlagsExpo Flags, Buy Flags American, Flags information, American Flags store, FDNY, NYPD Flags FlagsExpo 65-24 Myrtle Ave Glendale New York 11385 United States 40.701054 -73.889229 New York Flag New York Flag View Larger New York Flag is made from 100% heavyweight nylon fabric specially treated to minimize sun and chemical deterioration. This single reverse flag is dyed and finished with strong canvas headings and brass grommets. Made in the USA! The flag of New York State boldly displays its State Seal. The shield depicts a sloop and sailboats on the Hudson River; The crest is an eagle perched on part of the terrestrial globe showing the North Atlantic; the on either side of the shield are female figures representing Liberty and Justice.

The design of the civic flag of the city of New York- originally called the 'New Amsterdam'- commemorates the city's early history as a Dutch colony. A vertical tricolor, it bears in reverse the historic colors of the Netherlands, orange, white and blue. On the central stripe appears the city's seal. A saltire formed by the arms of windmill quarters two beavers with two flour barrels, symbolizing New Amsterdam's chief articles of merchandise, fur and food. The crest resembles that of New York State, the supporters are, a seaman holding navigational instruments and a Red Indian holding a bow. The motto is Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci ('The seal of the City of New York'). SKU: SNY1015 Size: 10 ft. x 15 ft. Material: Nylon official seal of new york city -AgoSearch Seal of New York City - Wikipedia The seal of the New York City, adopted in an earlier form in 1686, ... Prior to 1915, New York City's contemporary seal lacked an official standard, ...

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Item Category: Militaria & Weapons Sold Date: Jul 21, 2007 Channel: Auction House This is a great collection of Civil War Era Military and historical New York City Railroad brass buttons. Included in the lot are: -5-C. Kenyon Co. New York copper Great Eagle Seal buttons (I believe these are actually WW1 era). 1 1/8" diameter, very good codition. -3- Smaller versions of the aforementioned 5. -2 unmarked brass eagle and shield, good cond. -1-D.B. Howell New York ''IN HOC SIGNO VINCES" Brass, very good cond. -1- Brass Eagle and Shield unmarked, good cond. 1- Scovill MF'G Co. Waterbury, Conn. New York City Seal 'Sigillum Civitatis. Novi. Eboraci. 1664. Brass very good cond. -1- John F. Boylan, N.Y. S.N.Y. Nice brass 'EXCELSIOR' button. very good to excellent cond. -1- SUPERIOR QUALITY Lion and shield brass. fair cond. -1- Burton Pierce Co.

Boston, Chicago 'CONDUCTOR' brass, good to very good cond. -1-S. Eisner Co. Red Bank N.J. 'N.Y.C.' brass and nickel button. (my personal favorite) good cond. -1- Waterbury Button Co. 'ACL' brass, good to very good cond. -3- misc. brass Eagle and Shield, very good cond. I am not an expert in this field so please consult the pictures carefully, and if you have any questions at all, please e-mail me. Similar Items

Question: The seal of which US city contains the inscription 'Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci'?
Answer: NEW YORK